St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-13
RAILROAD QUESTIONS.
The Milwaukee's Proposition
The Burgess Line Fight.

Al Ine metJlnS OF the cOullcll cOlll-
mittee on railroads and the aldermen
from the Eighth ward yesterday after
noon the Chicago, St. Paul IL Milwau
llee road submitted another proposition
for the bridging of tile Hastings d Da
kota tracks in the Eighth ward, which is
substantially the same as the offer pre-
ViouSly made. The company now pro-
poses to bridge streets that were laid
out previous to the time when it ac
CURED its right of way, the city to
bridge streets opened subsequent to
that time. The road also proposes to
grade down its road bed to thirty-four
feet from Fort avenue to 800 feet west
of Hennepin avenue, the grade varying
from II to Il feet, the railroad TO bear
such proportion of the cost as the
total number of streets established when
the road was first built bears to the
number of streets since established;
the city further to vacate all parts of
alleys and all parts of Twenty-nlnth
street lying north of the southeast
quarter of section 81, and north of and
adjoining the north line of the south
half of the southeast quarter of south
east quarter of section 30: on Seven
teenth and Twelfth avenue uSouth the
grading and bridging TO be done jointly.
City Engineer Rinker said that the num-
Der of bridges would be about forty,
costing from $1,000 to $4,000 each. The
committee seemed to think that the
grading should be done entirely by the
railroad, but it was decided to submit
the proposition to the council without
recommendation.
AN EXTENSION WANTED.
Two petitions We're presented from
of the street car line on Sixth avenue
north from the present terminus to
TWenty-fourth street or Russell street.
Supt. Goodrich was present, and OBJ
Jected that there was no need OF the
line. The committee accepted his inVi-
tatiOn to examine the proposed extern
sion, and went out toinSpect the ground
after adjournment.
THE BURGESS LATERAL LINE.
Mr.. Burgess submitted a petition
signed by forty-Seven persons, this be-
ing - per cent. of the residents of
Twenty-eighth street, asking that his
line be granted franchise, there being
only four DIRECTORS. a. c. Brown, who
lives at the corner of Third ave
nue. and Twenty-eighth street, APP
peared and expressed his disbelief
that the property owners had signed
the petition advisedly. With the Hast
ingS IL Dakota railroad on Twcnty-ninth
street and street railway on Twenty
seventh he thought it would be too
much of good thing to put in line on
Twenty-eighth street. w. $. Mower,
another property owner, said the list did
not contain One-Quarter of the bona Tide
property owners.
Aid. Lawrence-That petition is a
fraud and an imposition. 1t does not
contain the names Of ten property OWL
ers. ! am willing to vote for the fran
chiSe, as | want to show the people of
the Eighth ward thatif they allow them
sci yes to be led by demagogues they
will go to their own deStruc-
ton. There is something back of
this Burgess scheme. 1t won't yield
am willing the franchise should be
granted, but | want something put in
the ordinance compelling the company
to build and operate its line.
Aid. Cloutier-I don't believe in
granting street car franchise for all the
streets in the city.
Aid. Dwyer-I believe that the people
want this line. don't think that Aid.
Lawrence would vote for it if it was to
go on Thirty-Second street.
Aid. Lawrence-Then you don't be-
lieve me?
Aid Dwyer-I simply have my doubts
as to what you would do, based upon
your course i'll the past. If
way he would have got it within a
month. Why delay this new company
in new territory to which the old COM
pany has no right?
Aid. Lawrence rebuked Aid. Dwyer
for intimating that he would not keep
his word. The young man who made
the canvass of Twenty-eighth street
stoutly maintained that all the sigma
lures were genuine and constituted a
majority of the residents. A draught of
an ordinance was submitted, and Aid.
Dwyer suggested that it should go to
the committee OH ordinances and the
city attorney. Aid. ClOutier thought
there should be another ordinance pro-
tecting the city from any complication
which might arise between the two
street railway companies. Mr.. Burgess
said he was willing to shoulder all re-
SpOnSibilitieS and meet the Lowry COM
pany in the courts. He would also give
bonds that he would operate the line.
Aid. Stoneman wanted Il weeks post
ponement in order that protest might
be presented. Aid. Nuremberg said he
was not in favor of occupying Twenty
eighth street, permanently at least. Mr..
Burgess said in reply to Aid.
HanscOme's inquiry that his com-
pany was willing to transfer
its line from Twenty-eighth to Thirty
second street, when the latter street is
graded. Aid. StOneman moved to defer
action one week, and Aid. Dwyer
amended by moving that the franchise
be granted. The amendment was lost,
Aid. Cloutier, Lawrence, Stoneman and
Irwin voting against it, and Dwyer,
HanScome and Nuremberg in favor of it.
The vote was reversed and carried Oh
the motion to postpone for one week.